Search

Update on primary angle closure glaucoma

This review article considers primary angle-closure glaucoma which is responsible for half of glaucoma-related blindness worldwide. Angle closure is characterised by appositional contact between the iris and trabecular meshwork. It tends to develop in eyes with shallow anterior chambers, anteriorly...

Marcus Gunn jaw winking without ptosis

This is a review of 72 cases of Marcus-Gunn jaw winking syndrome. The authors reviewed all their congenital ptoses seen over a 16 year period and found 72 Marcus-Gunn cases of out of a total of 848 patients. Within the...

Cystoid macular oedema following cataract surgery

This review covers the history, incidence, diagnosis, risk factors, pathophysiology and medical management of postoperative macular oedema (PCMO), with a particular emphasis on key contemporary studies and novel observations. The authors revisit the incidence of well-established risk factors including intraoperative...

Google searches predict pathology after a solar eclipse

This light-hearted review identified that the Google search term, ‘my eyes hurt’ was trending on 8 April 2024, coinciding with the exact time when a total solar eclipse passed over the US. They identified the subregions that searched this term...

Short-term effects of atropine measured by OCTA for myopia progression

This was a prospective observation cohort study to evaluate the effect of atropine on axial length (AL), choroidal thickness and choroidal stromal volume (CSV) using swept-source OCT angiography (OCTA). The study included 26 subjects of which 25 had sufficient quality...